EARPFAMILY
What We Believe
We believe the holy Bible is the inspired, God-breathed, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. We believe that there is one God having no beginning and no ending, eternally existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ which means that we believe that Jesus Christ is God. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and that He lived a perfect and sinless life. We believe that Jesus Christ obeyed and followed the Father's instructions without error or failure. We believe in His miracles and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross. We believe in the death, burial and bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We also believe that Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and sat on the right hand of God the Father. We believe that Jesus is preparing a place for us and will return in power and glory. We believe that in order for lost and sinful man to be saved regeneration of the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential. We believe that the Holy Ghost immediately resides within a believer and enables a Christian to live a godly lifestyle. We also believe in the Apostles Creed:
I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,
MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD;
WHO WAS CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY,
SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE,
WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED.
HE DESCENDED INTO HELL.
THE THIRD DAY HE AROSE AGAIN
FROM THE DEAD.
HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN
AND SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND
OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,
WHENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE CHURCH AS THE BODY OF CHRIST,
THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS,
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
THE RESURRECTION OF BODY,
AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING.
AMEN.